pillage
verb (used with object)
to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder.
have pillaged
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present perfectof pillage.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“I honestly think that if this beeping system would’ve existed during the Crusades, the Crusaders wouldn’t have pillaged as much,” said Mr. Hambrecht, in jest.
From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2010
Like all scientists who have pillaged foreign flora for the profit of U.S. agriculture, Goodspeed and his staff had no easy time.
From Time Magazine Archive
That woman would have pillaged through hell for the opportunity to wash clothes for her daughter.
From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Steven (Steven David Justin) Sills
Indeed, Death, the Reaper, multiplied two-hundred-fold and mowing a swath of incredible proportions, could scarcely have pillaged the land of its conies more thoroughly.
From Bruvver Jim's Baby by Philip Verrill Mighels
She is virtually in the position of a vassal state, not to any one of these nations but to all of them, and they have pillaged and despoiled her for a century and a half.
From Peking Dust by Ellen Newbold La Motte
